Search results
35 vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSmog over Denver in 1974.Bill Wunsch / The Denver Post / Getty Before President Nixon created the...
NJ has the most Superfund sites in the country. What to know if you live near one
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs of December 2023, New Jersey had 115 Superfund sites listed on the Environmental Protection...
EPA Unveils Nation’s First Curbs On Climate-Changing Pollution From Power Plants
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA chimney from a power plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey, on April 22, 2022. The Environmental...
From Superfund law to Pinelands protection, Florio remembered as an environmental champion
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Jim Florio joined the House of Representatives in 1975, New Jersey was still an industrial dumping ground whose out-of-control housing and commercial development was gobbling up pristine ...
Polluted sites in Central Jersey focus of state lawsuits looking to force cleanup
Home News Tribune | My Central Jersey via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTRENTON – The state filed lawsuits to force the environmental cleanups of three contaminated properties in Middlesex Borough, Linden and Rahway. The environmental justice lawsuits were filed ...
To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSatellite photo of an algal bloom in western Lake Erie, July 28, 2015. NASA Earth...
Snooki, Tucker Carlson and the battle for offshore wind in New Jersey
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTRENTON, N.J. — On a recent drive to the Statehouse here, New Jersey’s top utility regulator turned on 101.5 FM, a conservative talk radio station, and got an earful about the offshore wind ...
Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoGovernments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. This...
Electrifying US ports could drive sharp cuts in air pollution
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmerica’s waterfront communities could see a dramatic reduction in toxic air pollution if ports...
The Clean Water Act at 50: Big Successes, More to Be Done
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSparked by the 1970s environmental movement, the Clean Water Act — which marks its 50th anniversary this month — transformed America’s polluted rivers. The Delaware, once an industrial cesspool ...